What period ?

[gurkharifles]

Forgive the slight hijack of this this post but I wasn't sure where else to post it and I do need help with the identification of the uniforms worn. I purchased this original pen and ink drawing some 30 years ago at an antique fair - I just liked the subject matter and the quality of the drawing, it was clearly an illustration for a book but I had no idea who the artist was. I had it framed and there it has hung in my study ever since. Recently by accident I found out who the artist was. Henry Marriot Paget - a distinguished artist who also worked as a book illustrator as well as working for the London Illustrated News. So I'm now trying to track down a copy of the book that this may have come from - he worked with several authors and publishers - so I need some help narrowing down the subject matter. The uniforms look Napoleonic to me? - can anyone help tying it down any further? Tim

[Buttonman]

They are British line infantry of the Napoleonic period wearing the shako which came into use in 1812, also known as the "Waterloo" shako.

David.

[gurkharifles]

Thanks David